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\"Centenary<\/a><\/p>\n

Centenary of defeat for the strong-arms.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(February 28, 2015) – Proof for bail.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(February 27, 2015) – Independence Day.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(February 26, 2015) – Newman book snag.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(February 25, 2015) \u00a0– Return to civil unions.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(February 24, 2015) \u00a0– Verity did it again.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(February 23, 2015) – Cabinet day.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(February 22, 2015) – Water rising.<\/a><\/h6>\n

Highlights<\/h2>\n

Blog the week<\/h3>\n

A slight change to the format to this column to last year. We’ll be blogging the stories of the day, from Sunday through to Saturday. Check back for updates.<\/p>\n

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Centenary of defeat for the strong-arms<\/h3>\n

Campbell Newman<\/a>\u00a0has followed in the footsteps of Liberal\u00a0former Queensland Premier\u00a0Digby Denham<\/a> who lost his electorate of Oxley and government in 1915. Both were grain sellers before entering politics and in a quirk of fate,\u00a0Newman’s seat of Ashgrove\u00a0covers large sections of Denham’s now defunct seat of Oxley.<\/p>\n

In a piece for The Conversation<\/em> entitled, “History\u2019s lesson for Queensland: a slim majority is enough to be bold”<\/a>, Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of Queensland\u00a0Chris Salisbury explores the history of Queensland’s marginal governments through the elections of 1915 and 1998 which gave rise to Labor Premiers TJ Ryan<\/a> and Peter Beattie<\/a>, respectively. The later also formed a minority government with independent member for Nicklin, Peter Wellington<\/a> who has formed\u00a0government from current Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Denham had become premier of Queensland in 1911 through succession of leadership of the Ministerialist bloc\u00a0(a pre-cursor to the Liberal Party). As with Newman, law and order was a primary election ticket for\u00a0the Denham Government. He\u00a0deployed\u00a0strong-arm tactics in an attempt to break the 1912 Brisbane tram strike by using police and special constables in a forceful manner. As the strike widened into a general one, Denham feared revolution and called upon the Commonwealth to deploy troops. With the request rejected, he garnered\u00a0approval from the Queensland Governor William MacGregor to deploy forces from a German warship anchored off the Queensland coast to maintain law and order. With this reassurance, he called an immediate election for 2012. He lost many Brisbane based seats but retained government with a rural base.<\/p>\n

Like Newman, Denham picked fights with the unions, even establishing an Industrial Court that did not recognise them. However, his coalition in government began to break down with several government members forming a splinter group called the \u00a0Farmers’ Union (a precursor to the Country Party), not unlike the formation of Katter’s Australian Party<\/a> in 2011 and Palmer United Party<\/a> in 2013.<\/p>\n

Denham also made electoral reform by making voting compulsory for the 1915 election. Newman introduced voting proof of identification ahead of the 2015 poll.<\/p>\n

The Ryan Government of 1915 would set-up a progressive platform that would see Labor retain power in Queensland until 1929. Separated by one hundred years, Denham and Newman remain the only two Queensland premiers to lose both their seats and government at a Queensland general state election.<\/p>\n

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(February 28, 2015) – Proof for bail<\/h2>\n

Quentin Bryce hands down report into domestic and family violence<\/h3>\n
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  • The Honourable Quentin Bryce writes, “In the 1970s we started to face up to the hidden shame and tragedy of\u00a0domestic abuse. The first shelter for battered wives and children, \u2018Elsie\u2019, was established in Sydney by feminist Dr Anne Summers AO. Today there are more than 300 women\u2019s refuges around Australia and there have been many advances in the past 40 years in how we deal with domestic abuse, but the deeply disturbing fact is that this terrible scourge on our community is increasing in incidence and severity.”:\u00a0Special taskforce on domestic and family violence in Queensland.<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Daryl Passmore reports, “Specialist\u00a0domestic violence courts and a new crime of strangulation should be introduced, says a landmark report into the issue.\u00a0They are among 140 recommendations to tackle what Special Taskforce into Domestic and Family Violence chairwoman Dame Quentin Bryce labelled\u201d this confronting and dreadful scourge in our society\u201d.”:\u00a0Call for specialist courts to deal with \u2018scourge\u2019 of domestic violence.<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Kym Agius<\/a> reports, “There are on average 180 domestic violence incidents in Queensland each day and a new report makes 140 recommendations to protect victims and hold abusers to account. The “Not now, Not ever” report was handed down by domestic violence taskforce chair former Governor-General Quentin Bryce, who was alarmed by the statistics.”:\u00a0Domestic violence rising in Queensland according to new report.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    9 News Brisbane: Inquiry into domestic violence by Quentin Bryce handed to Premier Palaszczuk.<\/p><\/div>\n

    \"ABC<\/a>

    ABC News Qld: 10\/08\/14 Former Premier Newman appointed Dame Quentin Bryce to lead the task force to curb domestic violence in Queensland.<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Premier receiving the Special Taskforce on Domestic and Family Violence report from Hon Quentin Bryce AD CVO. #qldpol<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/wR9gcf3d6k<\/a><\/p>\n

    — AnnastaciaPalaszczuk (@AnnastaciaMP) February 28, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n